Tag: Russian Justice Ministry

Bellona Environmental Group Classified as a ‘Foreign Agent’

March 23, 2015

Staunton, March 20 — Bellona-Murmansk, the Russian branch of the international environmental monitoring group, has been declared a foreign agent nominally because it receives funds from abroad but in fact because it has exposed the Russian government’s complicity in destroying the environment in northwestern Russia. On March 19, the Russian justice ministry updated its list […]

Russia Update: Sakharov Center in Moscow Declared ‘Foreign Agent’

December 26, 2014

Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week story The Guild War – How Should Journalists Treat Russian State Propagandists? and special features ‘Managed Spring’: How Moscow […]